This blog has been written by James Smith, one of our MPharm graduates. For those who have not read my previous pre-reg blogs (which can be found here and here), I recently completed my pharmacy pre-registration training year and have documented my experiences for upcoming aspiring pharmacists soon to go through the same process. For those who …

This blog has been written by Robert Oakley, who is in his final year, about applying for a hospital pre-registration place. And so it begins… The most dreaded and equally anticipated event of the beginning of your career is nigh. Pre-registration. Where do I go? How do I stand out? Will I be accepted? Three …

This blog has been written by Robert Oakley, one of our third year undergraduate students. It is the fourth of four posts about his experience in attending a King’s Fund conference in February 2016 on “Commissioning person-centred care for vulnerable groups: what role does pharmacy play?”. So now we are aware of some exciting new …

Dr Li-Chia Chen writes about her experience leading the ‘Teaching Project’ on our new fourth year Integrated Pharmaceutical and Patient Care module. This module is my first experience of facilitating problem-based learning and peer teaching on such a big scale (240 students). The thing that has really excited me during this module has been witnessing …

This blog was written by Gemma Bray, a research assistant who works with Professor Kevin Shakesheff in the School of Pharmacy. I have always admired the people who volunteer to help out in the aftermath of global disasters, be it the Boxing Day Tsunami or the earthquake in Haiti. I would watch the men and …

Dear All Welcome to the pharmacy school research blog which covers updates from our research activity including all the developments on big advances in research and publications, press releases in the pharmaceutical sciences Nottingham is the Top School of Pharmacy in England The 2015 Guardian University Guide and 2015 Complete University Guide have been published …

During my time off from university, I had begun to entertain myself with episodes of Emmerdale on ITV1. A particular storyline that struck a chord of mine was of a character called Rhona who had been addicted to ordinary prescription painkillers. Although these drugs do exactly what they are known for, particularly for pain experienced …

“Hello, can I help you?” It’s a standard phrase we often use in community pharmacy to greet our customers. However in one particular inner city location these words were answered with a blank look, and I was left not knowing how on earth I should proceed. I soon discovered the area I was in had …

After 4 very busy years I’m passing the reigns over to Professor Clive Roberts who will be Head of School from Friday. I’ve got mixed feelings about stepping down from the role. On the one hand it has genuinely been enjoyable to work with staff and students as we’ve introduced a lot of changes in …

Some people believe that a pharmacist often appears under the shadow of many other healthcare professionals and it now also appears that Phillip Lee, a leading conservative MP for Bracknell, seems to be one of these people. A recent article from the PJ online, that I had read a couple weeks ago, detailed the events …

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This blog is a place for students and staff members from the School of Pharmacy to talk about their experience working in and studying pharmacy at the University of Nottingham. It contains a variety of posts about areas such as the latest pharmaceutical research and news, pharmacy abroad, laws and ethics in pharmacy, life as a pharmacy student plus much more.